Calendar Of Events Theater

The University of Miami’s Frost Opera Theater opens its season with Maurice Ravel’s "L’Enfant et les Sortilèges." The opera tells of a child who "smashes furniture, rips pages from a storybook, and torments his pets, and then, in his imagination, is chastised for his wickedness by his victims." 7 p.m. 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables. $20. Details: (305) 284-4886 or www.miami.edu.

BIRTH OF A NATION

The Tony Award-winning musical "1776" comes to the Actors’ Playhouse at the height of election season to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Ends Nov. 2. Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. Details: (305) 444-9293 or www.actorsplayhouse.org.

THE RANT

The New Theatre presents "The Rant," a contemporary drama that follows a police officer who is assigned to investigate the murder of a 16-year-old boy. To find the killer, he must wade through prejudice, deceit and a volley of anonymous threats. Ends Oct. 26. New Theatre, 4120 Laguna St., Coral Gables. $15-$40. Details: (305) 443-5909 or www.new-theatre.org.

CONVERGING WORLDS

GableStage at the Biltmore presents "In The Continuum" by Nikkole Salter and Danai Gurira. The play focuses on two black women, a middle-class wife and mother in Zimbabwe and a 19-year-old in the Los Angeles inner city. Although from disparate cultures and vastly different economic and social environments, they are trying to move ahead in a world in which everything is changed and yet nothing has changed. Ends Nov. 18. GableStage at the Biltmore, 1200 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables. $37.50-$42.50. Details: (305) 445-1119 or www.gablestage.org.

MISSISSIPPI-DELTA COMEDY

The Jesus Quintero studio reprises Tennessee Williams’ "27 Wagons Full of Cotton." One of Mr. Williams’ lesser-known plays, "27 Wagons" begins with a middle-aged cotton gin owner burning down a rival’s mill. Like the fire that goes off early in the first scene, the play begins with heat but ends with the cold ashes of disillusionment. 8 p.m. Ends Oct. 26. The Yellow House, 420 NE 23rd St., Miami. $15. Details: (786) 853-3915.

The Miami Children’s Theater puts on a performance of Antoine De St. Exupéry’s "The Little Prince." Since its publication more than 60 years ago, the story has delighted readers with its absurd images, charming characters and deeply moving story of the prince’s long journey in search of meaning. 8 p.m. Oct. 24 and 25. 3 p.m. Oct. 25. Coral Gables Youth Center Theater, 405 University Drive, Coral Gables. Details: (305) 274-3595 or www.miamichildrenstheater.org.